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Why the humanities matter : a commonsense approach / Frederick Luis Aldama

Author
Aldama, Frederick Luis, 1969-
Published
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Description
xiv, 377 pages ; 24 cm

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Contents
Introduction: a new humanism -- Self, identity, and ideas -- Revisiting Derrida, Lacan, and Foucault -- Derrida gets medieval -- Imaginary empires, real nations -- Edward Said spaced out -- Modernity, what? -- Teachers, scholars, and the humanities today -- Translation matters -- Can music resist? -- The "cultural studies turn" in Brown studies -- Pulling up stakes in Latin/o American theoretical claims -- Fugitive thoughts on justice and happiness -- Why literature matters -- Interpretation, interdisciplinarity, and the people.
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ISBN
9780292717985 (cl. : alk. paper)
0292717989 (cl. : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-348) and index.
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